HOW TO MAKE IT:Pour cooked quinoa into a large mixing bowl. Add bell peppers, edamame, asparagus, olives and red onion. Blend and add garlic, lemon and Janes seasoning. Blend and pour balsamic vinegar over mixture. Add salt and pepper for extra flavor and mix all the ingredients together. You can serve this immediately, or let all the flavors soak in, chill and serve later with a drizzle of balsamic on top, for an extra tangy sweet finish!

The buttery taste of apple, oats and graham cracker flavors, will have you going back for more. This recipe was created and molded over several Thanksgivings. or as my family calls it; ThanksChirstmas, because we blend the holidays. This dish went from being a dessert to a breakfast meal, by accident. One morning after I made it, I placed it on the kitchen counter to cool. About an hour later I peek into the kitchen and see one of my teenage sons inhaling it. I saw that he had plowed through half of the crisp. It was then, I realized we should have this for breakfast, otherwise it will have no chance of making it to our 3pm feast. It's that GOOD!!!

WHATS IN IT?

7 Granny Smith apples

1 Box Graham crackers

Brown sugar

Cinnamon

Unsalted butter

Nutmeg

1 Lemon

Red Mills Brown Rice Flour

Quaker Oats Quick 1-Minute Oats

HOW TO MAKE IT:

CRUST INGREDIENTS:

11/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 10 whole graham crackers)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Stir graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Add melted butter and stir with a fork.Press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish. Press hard to compact. You can use a glass to press the bottom.Chill the pressed crust while preparing the filling.

FILLING

¾ cup light brown sugar

¼ flour

¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch of ground nutmeg

7 medium granny smith green apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

1 lemon, zested and juiced

3 tablespoons butter, diced

Mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. In another bowl, sprinkle apples with the juice and zest of 1 lemon and toss. Stir in the sugar mixture to evenly coat the apples. Pour the mixture on-top of the graham cracker crust.

TOPPING

1 1/2 cup brown sugar (you can use light brown sugar too)

1 cup Red Mills Brown Rice Flour

1 cup Quaker Oats Quick 1-Minute Oats (dry)

2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup of unsalted butter, melted

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour on-top of the filling, spread evenly across the top of the filling.

MarinadePour the olive oil, teriyaki and soy sauce in a medium size bowl, sprinkle in salt and pepper. Add the tofu to the sauce and make the marinade covers each square. Let stand.

We cooked the tofu in an air fryer for 30 minutes. If you bake it in the oven on a baking sheet, cook at 405 degrees for 30 minutes or until crisp. Toss the the tofu every 5 minutes I usually place the baking sheet on the top rack, after 5 minutes of baking I toss the tofu around, and move the baking sheet to the lower rack for another 5 minutes. You'll want to repeat this every 5 minutes, for crispier tofu.

Side We served this dish with a side of Saute'ed asparagus. In a skillet on medium temperature add 1 tbs olive oil and heat, add 1 bunch of asparagus, sautee on a medium low heat, moving the asparagus around. Add sea salt and black pepper. Cook until the asparagus becomes blackened.

HOW TO MAKE IT:Pre-heat oven to 350. Place Tilapia in a baking dish. Brush each side with olive oil and season with pepper, garlic powder and chili powder. Place in oven and cook until fish is flaky. About 20 minutes. Dribble lemon over filets and serve.

Pour soup into a blender (may have to split it into two batches), blend soup. Soup should have a thick consistency to it. You don't want it to be chunky or completely liquefy it. Pour back into pot on stove and cook at low heat for 20 minutes or so, until soup thickens up.

This was my very first attempt at cooking tofu tacos and they came out bursting with flavor! I'm into my 3rd week of transitioning to a vegetarian. I am about 75% vegan and 25% vegetarian. For now, it's a good balance.

I was in my freestyle cooking mode when I knocked these tacos out, so exact measurements may be a bit off.

WHAT'S IN IT?

3.5 ounces extra firm organic tofu, broken into small pieces

1 tsp sliced organic green onion

1 tsp fresh organic cilantro

Finger grab of organic arugula and spinach mix

1/4 avocado diced

1 tbs taco seasoning

1 tbs sliced cucumber, without the skin

2 Siete almond flour tortilla's

1 tbs organic olive oil

1 tbs nutritional yeast

HOW TO MAKE IT:If you have a cast iron skillet, it's the preferred cooking gear for this. It allows the tofu to get a little crunchier.

Add olive oil to pan and heat it on a medium temp. Slowly sprinkle the tofu into the pan, so it covers the entire pan. Let it cook for 2 minutes before you start to move it around. Sprinkle yeast and taco seasoning over the tofu and blend. Let the tofu sit for 2 minutes, move it around, let it sit for 2 more minutes. Add the green onion and cilantro. Cook the tofu to your desired crispiness. I cooked it for about 10 minutes.

Warm the two tortilla's, place the arugula/spinach mix on top then layer in the tofu, adding the cucumber, and avocado. Top it off with your favorite hot sauce and serve. For a spicier kick, toss in some jalapeno's.

In a bowl with a hand mixer, mix sugar and softened butter for 2 minutes.

Add the egg and mix for 1 minute.

Add the applesauce and almond milk and mix for 1 minute.

In a separate bowl, add flour, cinnamon and baking soda and mix until blended and add to the sugar mix.

Stir in the chips and oats.

Drop a little less than a handful in your palm and roll into a ball. Set on baking sheet about 1-2 inches apart.

Bake for 15 minutes

The outside of the oatmeal bomb will be crisp and the inside will be soft. You can cook them a little longer if desired. Careful not to over bake, or they will be so firm you won't be able to sink your teeth into them.

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